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August 26, 2024
AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey
94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies
The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More
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AGC recently hosted a webinar on the implications of one of the most talked-about state laws sweeping across the country, legalized marijuana and its impact on the construction industry. A recording of the webinar is available in the AGC Bookstore.
During the webinar, Glenn Schlabs, partner… Read More
April 10, 2014
On Tuesday, the House Ways & Means Committee held its first hearing for making permanent some of the business-related tax provisions that expired last December and were included in the discussion draft introduced by Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) on Feb. 26. Analysis from the Joint Committee on… Read More
April 10, 2014
Register for the Federal Contractors Conference by April 24 and Save $100
With the fiscal year 2014 budget in place and the president’s fiscal year 2015 budget released, federal agencies have a better understanding of the projects coming down the pike. Many top federal agency leaders and their… Read More
April 10, 2014
June 10-11, 2014 | The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
AGC urges its members to participate in this year’s Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In and bring the message to Congress that: The Time is Now: Fix the Highway Trust Fund! With the Highway Trust Fund projected to run short of cash… Read More
April 10, 2014
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Many political pundits and election handicappers are suggesting that Republicans will successfully wrest the Senate majority away from the Democrats in the November election. Even famed statistician Nate Silver, who correctly predicting the 2008 presidential election outcome in 49 of the 50 states… Read More
April 9, 2014
Construction employment expanded in 175 metro areas, declined in 106 and was stagnant in 58 between February 2013 and February 2014, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by AGC of America. Association officials noted, however, that despite the gains construction… Read More
April 9, 2014
Forty-five percent of highway contractors had motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by AGC. Association officials added that the study found work zone crashes are more likely to kill vehicle… Read More
April 7, 2014
"The AGC Alternative: A Private Insurance Exchange" to Debut as Early as Summer 2014
AGC of America is planning to launch a new private insurance exchange in cooperation with Willis North America this summer. The new exchange, which will be called “The AGC Alternative,” will allow member firms… Read More
April 7, 2014
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has re-issued a proposed rule on representation-case procedures with a public comment deadline of Monday, April 7, 2014.
The rule mirrors a 2011 rule that was ultimately invalidated by a court on procedural grounds. The proposed rule, known as the “quickie… Read More
April 5, 2014
Today, the House voted 248-179 – with 18 Democrats joining all Republican members – in favor of modifying the Affordable Care Act’s (also known as “ObamaCare”) definition of a full-time employee. The current law defines full-time employees as those with 30 hours of service per week, which is below… Read More
April 5, 2014